First Day of {Summer} Vacation!

{Thursday} June 24, 2010

While today was the first day of Summer vacation, we still had to get up and get going. We had a busy morning . . . starting with a doctor appointment to check out this little peanut. After the appointment the girls had a birthday party to go to at Pump it Up!, basically a warehouse full of those big blow up jumpies, and since I wasn't on the ball yesterday and we didn't get the birthday present, we had to get out the door early enough to make a Target run {AND get gas . . . I was SO tired last night and didn't want to even do that . . . this morning I really regretted it!}

But, we made it to my appointment on time {ahh mazing}! I wasn't supposed to get an ultrasound, but since I had all of my girls there I asked if I could get a quick one so they {really I!} could see the sweet thing. Everything is progressing well . . . it's always so great to see that everything is going well so far. She printed out a couple pictures for us . . .

Baby at 14 weeks

I love this one . . . it might take a second to see it in the picture, but on the ultrasound machine it was SO clear. It's the baby's hand in a fist . . . you could see every finger . . . made me melt.

Right after the appointment {and a quick Taco Bell run for the starving pregnant lady} we headed over to Pump it Up! for the party. It was such a fun time. Charlise was a little worried about the big slides at first, but once she took 10 minutes climbing the ladder and Reha pushed her down one {under my direction . . . I know it sounds sad, but . . . } she LOVED it and did it over and over for the rest of the time. She was hilARIous on her way down every time. She looked horrified, but then would get to the bottom and say, "Woa, that was fun!" They ended the party with pizza, cake and lots of party favors . . . light sabers, bubble guns, and bags of little toys. They were all spoiled and loved every second of it. {Sorry for the red eyes & blurriness . . . my camera was being annoying}

Charly's first of many trips down the slide.

Just to prove she liked it . . . here's one more. I love how sprawled out she was every time she went down. SO funny.

We came straight home, put Charlise to bed and the girls had some reading/flash card quiet time. I really want to keep the girls' brains working this summer, so while Charly is down for naps they'll do a little brain work. I decided to have Hannah learn the rest of the states & capitols, so she worked on them, and Reha wanted to start learning them too. She's doing pretty good and knows California, Utah, Idaho & Florida . . . not bad for the first day.

We got a call from the bookstore saying that the CTR ring that we ordered for Reha was in, so stupidly I decided to take a little drive after Charly woke up . . . baaaaaaaAAd news hopping on the 405 at 4:30 in the afternoon. D to the UH! It took us forever to get there, but Reha got her ring and she was happy . . . now if only she remembers why she's wearing it . . . ;)

On the way home we stopped at the store and got stuff to make my mom's chicken & cheese soup. It was my all time favorite meal that she made growing up, and I've made it a few times. Basically . . . it's grubbin. ha. I'll post the recipe on a different post. Dinner was fab and we ended the night with the girls watching the new Free Willy movie, and Charly and I dancing to Wade's guitar playing. Busy day and I'm pooooped!